Recreational Racing
NOTE: This page is specific to our club. You can also visit the
PACRATS pages directly.
Need someone to ski with? We'll give you 9
companions for the season! Just sign up for a
10-person team. Any
intermediate skier or boarder qualifies. Beginner racers are as much needed
(and can contribute as much) as advanced racers. Everyone races within their
own category, of which there are 7, from beginner to elite. Watch your
results improve over time. It's the best deal in town.
The most fun for your money!
Five races per season, each
race followed by a party, with free food, drinks, and door prizes. At the
end of the season, there is an awards dinner party (named the "Rat Attack").
All this for just $85
for the whole season. On top of that,
each racer gets a discounted lift ticket on race days.
The PACRAT League ("Pacific
Northwest Area
Recreational
Clubs
Alpine Teams")
is separate from our club. In fact, it is the result of cooperation between
several clubs. Our club has participated from the very beginning, with
between 4 and 6 teams each year. In the 2006/07 season, we had 8 full teams
(a total of 80 racers).
2007-2008 PACRAT Race Dates
Dates and
locations are still
only tentative, pending approval by
the ski areas.
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Jan. 13
Jan. 27
Feb. 17
Mar. 9
Mar. 23
Apr. 6
Apr. 11
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Timberline
Mt. Hood Meadows
Ski Bowl
Mt. Hood Meadows
Timberline
- make up race at Meadows
(only if a race gets cancelled)
Rat Attack awards party
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Even if you have never dreamed of being
a racer, give it a try. It's well worth it. It will enhance your
social life, and improve your carving skills! Teams are usually formed
by mid-November, so apply early! See instructions below.
LATEST UPDATES
(December 2007)
NOTE 1: All
racers (and any newcomers) should contact a team captain, and sign up
for a specific team. See list of team captains below. Fill out a signup form and a liability release form
(see below) and mail it to your team captain by December 4th.
NOTE 2: Future
race dates will most likely be permanent from now on, for future
seasons:
1st race: 2nd
Sunday in January
2nd race: 4th
Sunday in January
3rd race: 3rd
Sunday in February
4th race: 2nd
Sunday in March
5th race: 4th Sunday
in March
Makeup: 1st
Sunday in April (only if a race gets cancelled)
Rat Attack: 2nd Friday in April
(Awards dinner party)
How to find out more & join a team
After viewing the documents below, hit the Backspace button on
your keyboard.
1.
Click here to read more about PACRAT
racing. General description. Next Racing page.
2. PACRAT flyer
- print it, and post it somewhere, or send it to a friend!
3.
Read this
year's instructions from our PACRAT President. (PDF
file. 125KB)
Read this
year's instructions from our PACRAT President. (Word
doc. 282KB)
4. Contact our
Racing director or any Team captain to get your name on a team:
Remember, each team needs 10 people, preferably of varying abilities, so
beginner
racers, and those who never raced, please don't hesitate to
call us. We need you!
TEAM
Captains listed in alphabetical order of the team names:
* Gary Stevenson Club President & PACRAT
announcer: 503-257-6368
* Bruce Ellison
Racing Director
yuffiet@comcast.net
* Gordon Lusk
Race Training clinics
GordyLusk@hotmail.com
TEAMS
* Gary Gunderson "Avalanche Express":
ggunderson@sapiazza.com or 503-258-8051
* Elaine Bock "Drooling Moose" team:
SeawitchPdx@aol.com
* Stevie Viaene "Frosted
Flakes" team: sviaene@ttsd.k12.or.us
* Bruce Ellison "Infra-Rats" team
yuffiet@comcast.net
* Samy Fouts "Mixed Nuts" team:
Samy.Fouts@pdxtrans.org
* Emilio Trampuz "Mt Hoodlums" team:
info@mthigh.org
* Brad Carbaugh "Rats
R Us" team
carbaugh@canby.com
* Gary Gunderson "Psychothermia" team: ggunderson@sapiazza.com
or 503-258-8051
* Chris Wiley
"Rattitudes" team:
Chris2005@Yhuji.com
* Mike Weber "Rocket Dawgs" team: weberrider@verizon.net
* Bruce Ellison
"Rut Riders" team
yuffiet@comcast.net
* McCoy Smith
"Schussing Shysters" team
McCoySmith@comcast.net
* Sheri Cansler
"Vertigo Madness" team
To contact the "top brass", the PACRAT Chairperson
is:
* Barbara Parshall,
PACRAT Chairman, 503-267-9522 ,
bparshall@equitygroup.com
Forms
To join a team, you need to print out these two forms and send them to
your team captain.
5. PACRAT
Team/Racer Entry form - Use it to
start your own team (optional), or fill out just one line and send it to
your team captain.
a)
Entry form
- PDF version (66 KB)
b)
Entry form
- Word document
(46KB)
6. PACRAT Liability Release form. Every racer must sign one of
these. Sign it and send it to your team
captain.
a)
Liability Release form
- PDF version (25 KB)
b)
Liability Release form
- Word document (60 KB)
Rules and Guidelines
7.
The Registration Guide (WHO does WHAT and WHEN) -
PDF file.
The Registration Guide
(WHO does WHAT and WHEN) - Word document.
Especially useful for team captains.
8. Complete PACRAT Rules (if you want to know it all).
*
Rules - part I
- (Eligibility, Teams, Classification, Scoring) - PDF, 78KB.
*
Rules - part II
- Points chart - PDF, 43 KB.
*
Rules - part
III - Handicap system and categories - PDF, 90 KB.
Race Results
9. It's best to check the PACRATs official web site,
www.pacrats.org, or
go to the "Race Results" page on
our own club web site.
Click here if you need
Adobe Reader for PDF files.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2005 -- Sept. 30, 2006 was:
370.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2006 -- Sept. 30, 2007 was:
380.
Total visitors since Oct. 1, 2007:
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